/*
    This file is part of Epoch <http://code.google.com/p/epoch/>.
    
    Copyright (C) 2011  Adam Meily <meily.adam@gmail.com>

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
*/


#ifndef JOB_H
#define JOB_H

#include <QtCore/QString>
#include <QtCore/QPair>

/*
enum JobTask
{
    GenerateSignature,
    GenerateDelta
};

class GenSigJob;
class GenDeltaJob;
*/

class Job
{
public:
    enum Task
    {
        GenerateDelta,
        GenerateSignature,
        ApplyDelta
    };
    
    Job(Task task);
    Job(const Job& other);
    virtual ~Job();
    virtual Job& operator=(const Job& other);
    
    Task task() const;
    virtual int run() = 0;
    virtual void stop() = 0;
    virtual QString serialize() const = 0;
    virtual QString toString() const = 0;
    
private:
    Task m_task;
    /*
public:
    Job(JobTask task);
    
    
    virtual int run() = 0;
    virtual void stop() = 0;
    //QString serialize() const;
    
protected:
    //QPair<QString, QString> toString() const;
    */
};

#endif // JOB_H
